Battle of Trzciana

Battle of Trzciana
	Part of the Polish-Swedish War (1626–1629)
	; Gustav II Adolf almost killed in the battle of Trzciana, 1629
Date	June 25, 1629
Location	Trzciano / Honigfelde, Royal Prussia (Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, today Trzciano, Poland)
Result	Polish–Imperial victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; Holy Roman Empire	Swedish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Stanisław Koniecpolski; Hans Georg von Arnim	Gustav II Adolf
Strength
1,300 hussars; 1,200 light cavalry; 2,000 reiters	4,000–4,500 cavalry; 5,000 infantry; 18 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
300 killed: ; 150 Poles and 150 Austrians	600–1,000 killed; 200–500 captured, including many senior officers.

The Battle of Trzciana (also known as Battle of Honigfelde or Battle on the Stuhmer Heide or Battle of Sztum) took place on 25 June 1629 (usually said to be 27th in the New Style calendar) and was one of the battles of the Polish-Swedish War (1626–1629) or Second Swedish-Polish War.^: 579 The Polish forces were led by Crown Field Hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski and imperial troops under Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg, sent by Emperor Ferdinand II to aid Sigismund III, met with troops commanded by Swedish King Gustav II Adolf,^: 579 who supported the Protestant Lutherans of Germany and northern Europe. Gustav Adolf was almost killed or captured twice.^: 112 Fighting in Prussia continued after the battle into July and August and ended with stalemate and finally a truce accepted by Sigismund III.

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